by Lydia Andrews | Jul 10, 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 10, 2020For phone and virtual interviews contactLydia Andrews, Communications Managerlydia@afjn.org | 847-772-2305 Washington, DC – (Lire En Français) On Thursday July 9, thousands of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) citizens took to... by Jacques Bahati | Jul 9, 2020
The Advocacy Network for Africa (AdNA) is a non-partisan network of US-based organizationsand scholars with programmatic focus on Africa /U. S-Africa policy. We share an urgent concern about the advancing COVID-19 pandemic and its impending impact on Africa’s... by Jacques Bahati | Jul 8, 2020
On June 20, 2020 a Judge in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) sentenced one of the country’s high level official, Mr. Kamerhe Lwa Kanyigini Vital, the President’s chief of staff to 20 years of hard labor for embezzlement and corruption. His co-accused, Mr.... by AFJN Intern | Jul 2, 2020
By Chazmine A. Moore Theodisiah Okoh is the artistic designer behind Ghana’s flag, which is no small achievement since the design influenced many other African countries’ flags such as Guinea, Cameroon, Senegal, Togo, Mali, The Republic of Congo, and more. Okoh... by Lydia Andrews | Jun 30, 2020
On June 30, 2020, the Africa Faith and Justice Network was one of the signers of the “Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Proposed Judiciary Reforms are devastating and Unconstitutional,” letter sent to the Honorable Ambassador Tibor P. Nagy, Jr., the... by Lydia Andrews | Jun 30, 2020
The Africa Faith and Justice Network is excited to have three very qualified interns this year for our summer internships. Click on the links below to read each of their bios. Read Mia’s bio here. Read Chazmine’s bio here. Read Philip’s bio here.... by Lydia Andrews | Jun 30, 2020
Chazmine is a rising junior at Villanova University, where she majors in Political Science and Communications and minors in Spanish. At Villanova, Chazmine participates in the campus community through organizations such as the Blue Key Society, the Martin Luther King... by Jacques Bahati | Jun 30, 2020
Mia Kilpatrick just completed her sophomore year at Wofford College. She is majoring in International Affairs and Spanish. During the 2019-2020 academic year she was able to serve as a Sophomore Delegate on Wofford’s Campus Union Assembly and was recently re-elected... by Jacques Bahati | Jun 30, 2020
Philip Brooks is a senior at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. He majors in international relations and political science. This is his second summer working for Africa Faith and Justice Network. Last summer he focused on issues in West Africa. Philip is... by Jacques Bahati | Jun 26, 2020
POUR DIFFUSION IMMÉDIATELe 26 Juin 2020 Washington, DC – (English Version) Un projet de loi sur la réforme judiciaire en cours d’examen au Parlement de la République Démocratique du Congo (RDC) tente de saper l’autonomie du pouvoir judiciaire.... 